Flashcards in Chapter 17 - Hitler's Foreign Policy and the Outbreak of WW2 Deck (11)
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What was Hitler's foreign policy?
-TOV destroyed
-All German-speakers united
-Lebensraum (take over lesser breed countries)
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How did Hitler dismantle the TOV?
-Rearmed Germany from 100,000 to 550,000
-Sent troops into Rhineland (gamble)
3
What was the Maginot line?
A large defensive fortification built by France along the French/German border.
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What was appeasement?
The policy of keeping Hitler happy to avoid another war
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What was the Anschluss?
The name given by Hitler to the unification of Germany and Austria in 1938. This was forbidden but the TOV
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What was the Sudetenland?
Hitler's next target after the Anschluss as over 3 million Germans lived there. Hitler encouraged the Germans there to demand a union with Germany, but Czechoslovakia resisted.
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What was the Munich Agreement?
An agreement that said Hitler could have the Sudetenland, once it was his last demand. Czechoslovakia were not invited.
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Why did appeasement end?
-Hitler broke Munich agreement & invaded Prague
-Non-German-speaking country (Lebensraum)
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Why did Hitler want to invade Poland?
-German minority
-Polish Corridor: Danzig - 1/2 million Germans
10
What was the Nazi-Soviet Pact?
A ten-year non-aggression pact signed by Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939. They also agreed to divide Poland between them.
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